1. At the direction of a physician, licensed
to practice medicine in Nevada, who was last in attendance on a person known or
suspected to have died of a communicable disease, or of any coroner or health
officer who has knowledge or suspects that a person has died of a communicable
disease in his jurisdiction, the funeral director shall embalm the dead body as
soon as possible.

2. In a case where an autopsy or other
medical examination is required, embalming must not be performed until
authorized by the physician, coroner or health officer having jurisdiction over
the body.

3. If a dead body has not been disposed of
or otherwise preserved within 18 hours after the time of death, the facility
must, in the interest of public health, take such steps as may be reasonably
necessary to preserve the dead body or may store the dead body in a sealed
container.

[Bd. of Health, Disposition of Dead Bodies Reg. Art. I,
eff. 4-21-78]

NAC 451.020Severability. (NRS 439.200)If any
provision of NAC 451.010 is declared
unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of its provisions are
not affected thereby.

NAC 451.050Written authorization: Allowance of person to witness cremation;
allowance of simultaneous cremation of remains of two or more persons. (NRS 451.640, 451.685, 642.063)

1. Before an operator of a crematory allows:

(a) A person to witness a cremation, the operator
shall obtain, on a form provided by the crematory, written authorization from a
person authorized pursuant to NRS
451.650 to order the cremation of human remains.

(b) The remains of two or more persons to be
simultaneously cremated in the same chamber, the operator shall obtain, on a
form provided by the crematory, written authorization from the agent of each
person whose remains are to be simultaneously cremated.

2. A form required pursuant to subsection 1
must:

(a) Be written in language that is easily
understood;

(b) Include a clear explanation of the purpose of
the form; and

(c) Be maintained by an operator of a crematory for
1 year after the cremation of the remains of a person.

3. Any failure by the operator of a
crematory to maintain the written documentation required by paragraph (c) of
subsection 2 is a violation of this chapter.

(Added to NAC by Funeral Bd. by R043-02, 11-26-2003)

TRANSPORTATION

NAC 451.100Transportation by common carrier, agencies or other persons. (NRS 439.200)

1. The bodies of persons who have died from
any cause must not be received for transportation by a common carrier or
transported by agencies or other persons authorized to carry human bodies
unless the body has been embalmed and prepared by an embalmer licensed under
the laws of Nevada.

2. The bodies of persons who have died from
any cause must not be received for transportation by a common carrier unless
the body is placed in a sound casket and enclosed in a transportation case
adequate to prevent the seepage of fluids and the escape of offensive odors.

[Bd. of Health, Transportation of Dead Bodies Reg. § 1,
eff. 3-15-66]

NAC 451.110Bodies subject to trauma or disinterred more than 30 days after
burial. (NRS
439.200)The
body of a person, or the remains of the body of a person, whose death was
caused by a severe trauma, or the remains of a human dead body in which
decomposition has occurred and in which either the effects of the trauma or
decomposition prohibit normal embalming and preparation procedures or a body
disinterred more than 30 days after burial may be transported only:

1. In a sealed casket enclosed in a
transportation case;

2. In a sound casket with a sealed inner
liner enclosed in a transportation case; or

3. In a sound casket encased in a sealed
transportation case.

[Bd. of Health, Transportation of Dead Bodies Reg. § 2,
eff. 3-15-66]

NAC 451.120Transportation by funeral directors or embalmers. (NRS 439.200)Nothing
in NAC 451.100 to 451.140,
inclusive, prohibits or limits in any respect the transportation of dead human
bodies within Nevada by licensed funeral directors or embalmers in properly
licensed motor vehicles or aircraft owned, operated, chartered or leased by
licensed funeral directors or mortuaries, nor prohibits the transportation of
embalmed bodies within Nevada by relatives or other authorized persons.

1. When bodies are shipped by common carrier
or transported by an agency or by any other person authorized to carry human
bodies, a burial-transit permit must be made out in duplicate.

2. One copy of the burial-transit permit
must accompany the body. The duplicate copy of the permit must be attached to
and accompany the waybill covering the remains, and be delivered with the body
at the point of destination to the person to whom it is consigned.

[Bd. of Health, Transportation of Dead Bodies Reg. § 3,
eff. 3-15-66]

NAC 451.140Responsibility of Health Division. (NRS 439.200)Nothing
in NAC 451.100 to 451.140,
inclusive, makes the Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services
responsible for any financial obligations incurred by the fulfillment of those
sections, except as provided by law.